Gates Foundation Pledges $7B for Healthcare, Women and Agriculture in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made resonating announcement that the foundation will spend $7 billion, over the next four years, to improve...
Imran Khan: reformist or a demagogue?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, this ancient proverb aptly captures former Prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan with his populist...
Silence on Uyghurs and Kashmir: A tacit quid-pro-quo between India and China
On the 7th of October, India abstained from voting on a resolution for “holding a debate” on China’s alleged atrocities on Uyghur Muslims in...
Italy-Gulf Bilateral Ties: More Room for Growth
Due to historical and geographic factors, Italy has rarely figured as a protagonist in the dynamics of the Gulf region and it has mainly...
African Union Asks for Permanent Seat at the G20
Leaders from the world's top economies gathered mid-November on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for a G20 summit planned to review economic performance,...
Olaf Scholz was in Beijing, is it Germany’s big bet on China or the other way around?
The visit of German chancellor Olaf Scholz to China this month generated mixed reactions, generally unsupportive, across European capitals as also in Washington. Within...
Why is there an endless war between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Armenia and Azerbaijan are post-Soviet republics in South Caucasus, with a profoundly complicated relationship, which is almost always interpreted as this “conflict between Armenia...
Why Foreign diplomats in Dhaka must stop meddling in Bangladesh’s internal affairs
During elections or anti-government movements in Bangladesh, the rush of foreign diplomats increases. Sometimes it goes beyond the bounds of diplomatic etiquette. Elections are...
Indonesia’s balanced foreign policy: Lessons for other middle powers
Leaders of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have repeatedly said that they will follow an independent foreign policy, and would not...
China and the U.S. can change the fate of humankind
Under the very tense, volatile, highly polar, and full of controversies, conflicts, differences, and hostile environments, meeting between President Xi Jin Ping and President...